Hippopotamus, National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

January 1986, printed 1987

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

This is a photograph of a hippopotamus in a confined space. The image shows a large hippopotamus inside an enclosure with iron bars, standing on a concrete floor. The hippo is positioned sideways, facing towards the right side of the photograph, with its head up, seemingly interacting with a metal fixture. The environment appears to be a zoo or an animal facility, as suggested by the bars and confined space. The background features a plain, creamy wall with some pipes visible, and there is a small water-filled area in the lower right corner of the frame, possibly part of the enclosure.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Simon Daro Dawidowicz, Miami Beach, FL; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN), 1988; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Seding-86; lower left below image: 3/50; lower center below image: HIPPOPOTAMUS, NATIONAL ZOO, WASHINGTON, D.C.; on verso of mount, lower center stamped in black ink: © VOLKER SEDING / TITLE / NEGATIVE / PRINTED / EDITION / PRINT No.; graphite annotations: HIPPOPOTAMUS, NATIONAL ZOO, WASHINGTON, D.C. / JANUARY 1986 / MAY 1987 / 50 / 3; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1988.5.13

Wikidata ID

Q64171547

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